Ainsworth v. Briggs

KEY, Associate Justice.

— On the 19th day of March, 1895, Dr. Wellington D. Briggs made a will by which he bequeathed most, if not all, of the property then owned by him to his brother, George D. Briggs, designated to be executor of that will. Thereafter he executed another instrument, which reads as follows:

"The State of Texas, 1 County of Bobertson.)

“Know all men by these presents: That I, W. B. Briggs, M. D., being sound in mind and in body, and knowing my years are numbered, do will and bequeath to Mrs. Jane Ainsworth for her own and individual use, all my real estate in Bobertson County,…